Curtain rod bracket



Jan. 2%, B. E. sLlwA 2,229,904

CURTAIN ROD BRACKET Filed March 23, 1939 y INKENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

patented Jan. 28, 1941 UNITE STTES PATENT OFFECE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to curtain rod brackets and has for itsmain object the provision of a `bracket wherein one end of a curtain rodmay be hingedly pivoted so that upon lifting of the opposite end of therod from its cooperating bracket, the rod may angularly shift downwardlyfor the purpose of placing thereon a curtain, drapery or other fabrichanging, without the necessity of lifting oir the entire rod from bothbrackets.

With the above general objects in View and others that will appear asthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, illustrated in the :accompanying drawing and pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this application, and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views;

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a window with the curtain rod and itscio-operating brackets in position upon the window frame;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged top-plan elevational view oi a curtain rod with apair of co-operating brackets;

Fig. 3 is an elevational side View of the bracket constituting thesubject matter of this application, the View having been taken alongline 3--3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an elevational side view oi the opposite bracket;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the curtain rod bracket of the formshown in Fig. 3 with a curtain rod bracket in an operative positiontherewithin;

Fig. 6 is a top elevational View of a bracket oi a modied constructionshowing one end of a curtain rod in an operative position therewith;

Fig. 7 is an end elevational View of the curtain rod bracket of themodified form shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 3 is a top-plan View of the curtain rod bracket of another modifiedconstruction; and

Fig. 9 is an end cross-sectional `view through the bracket, takensubstantially on line 9 9 oi Fig. 5.

Referring to the present drawing in detail the preferred form of theinvention illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, includes leaf Ill adapted tobe attached to window frame II. Rgidly formed with and perpendicularlyextending from said leaf I0 is plate I2 which supports a pair of cupmembers I3, the latter being either soldered or otherwise rigidly afxedto said plate I2. Each of said members I3 is provided at its lower endwith a cross plate I4 for strengthening the structure of each of saidmembers I3. Each of said members I3 is further provided with a verticalslot I5 through which one end of curtain rod I is insertable within cupmember t3. The end of said rod IG which is insertable within the cupmember I3 through said slot l5 is provided with a rigidly formed ballIl, the diameter of which may be either equal to the diameter of thecupshaped member I3 or if preferred may be smaller than the latter. Saidball I'I constitutes an engaging means for the adjacent end of rod I6with cup member I3, preventing said end of rod I6 from withdrawing fromsaid member I3, but at the same time permitting vertical pivotalmovement of the rod with respect to said member i3;

Slot I5 does not extend throughout the entire length of said member I3,but terminates short of the lower end thereof, effecting a marginalstrip in transverse relation with respect to slot I5 upon which rod I@is adapted to rest and which prevents further downward shifting movementof said rod I6, as is clearly seen in Fig. 3.

Slots Iii in the cup members I3 are at an angle with respect to the saidsupporting plate I2, necessitating elbow I3 in rod IB.

The opposite free end of rod It is adapted for positioning upon aconventional bracket I9. Said latter bracket includes an aiXing plate2li with which said bracket I9 is rigidly formed and from which the sameprojects at a right angle. Said bracket I9 further includes a pair ofslots 2i within which the free end of one or two of rods I may fit.

When a curtain or other fabric hanging is required to be placed upon rodI6 or taken off therefrom, the free end of said rod i6 is taken off fromits cao-operating bracket I9, by lifting the same manually. Thisoperation permits rod I6 to be pivotally shifted at its opposite end inits co-cperating cup member I3 to assume the position shown by dottedlines in Figs. 1 and 5. When in that angular position the curtain orother fabric hanging may be placed upon rod I6 and thereupon the freeend thereof may be lifted manually or by some suitable lifting tool tobracket I9. Thus from the hereinabove description it will be apparentthat the employment of a step-ladder to lift rod l5 oi its brackets orto place the same thereon is entirely eliminated.

The modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7contemplates a bracket of modined form which includes an aflixing leafl0 with supporting plate l2 rigidly amxed to the former. Said plate I2'is adapted to support a cup member I3 having a transverse brace I4 atits lower end, and a vertical oblong slot l5. If preferred, said plateI2 may be rigidly formed with the cup member i3', so that in the processof making of the bracket plates Iii', I2 and cup member i3', may beformed out of a single plate by suitably bending the same, as is seen inFig. 6. Said slot I5 is on a plane parallel to the affixing plate li. orto the window frame. This modiiied structure of the bracket necessitatesa modiiication of the construction oi rod i6 which is provided with ashort stub end 22 in perpendicular relation with the body of rod i6.This modified construction of the bracket illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7will permit the bracket to be placed either at the right' or left sideof the window frame.

Figs. 6 and '7 illustrate the position of rod I6 when the bracket isafiixed to the left side of the window frame. When the bracket is placedat the right side of the window frame the position of rod l5 withrespect to the bracket is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6. Rigidlyaffixed to the stub end Z2 of the rod is ball Il placed within cupmember I3 and the purpose and operation oi said ball Il is the same asof ball l'l in the preferred form of the device.

A further modification of the bracket shown in Figs. 8 and 9contemplates employment of a pair of cup members 23 afxed to thesupporting plate l2, the latter being rigidly formed with afxing platelil. In this modied form of the invention cup members 23 have slots 24at points which are on a plane parallel to the supporting plate S2 or ona plane perpendicular to the affixing plate il or to the window frame.This bracket is adapted to receive rod 25 provided with a stub end 26rigidly for-med with the body of the rod 25. In this modified form ofthe device rod 25 and the stub end 26 are on a vertical plane both inthe operative position of rod 25 in conjunction with its two bracketsand also when the same is lifted ofi by one of its ends from acooperating bracket and shifted downwardly to an angular positionillustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 9. his modied form of the inventionshown in Figs. 8 and 9 likewise includes ball 2l rigidly formed with thestub end 26 of rod 25. It will be further seen that when rod 25 is in anoperative position shown by full lines in Figs. 8 and 9, portion of thebody of rod 25 enters within cup member 23 through slot 24. When howeverthe free end of rod 25 is lifted from the opposite bracket, the rodshifts angularly, so that when it assumes its ultimate angular positionwith respect to the bracket shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the stub end portion26 thereof partially extends through slot 213 as is seen in dotted linesin Fig. 9.

It is further observed that when rods I6, I6' and 25 are of a diameter'smaller than the width of the respective slots I5, I5 and 24, then saidrods may be shifted horizontally and obliquely in addition to thevertical shifting.

While there is described herein a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, it is never'- theless to be understood that minor changes maybe made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

l. The combination with a curtain rod having a main straight portion, anangularly directed end portion, and an enlarged ball xed on the free endof said angularly directed-end portion, of a supporting bracket for oneend of said rod including an angular plate having a vertical attachingportion and a vertical portion extending at a right angle to andforwardly from said attaching portion, and a vertical cylindrical memberrigid with said forwardly extending bracket portion and having avertical slot opening through the top thereof but terminating above thebottom of the same, said ball being fitted in said cylindrical memberfor universal movement therein, said rod extending through and beingmovable in said slot to permit vertical swinging movement of said rodrelative to said bracket from a horizontal curtain supporting positionto a depending substantially vertical position when the other end ofsaid rod is unsupported, and a further supporting bracket adapted toremovably receive said other' end of the rod and cooperating with thefirst-named bracket for supporting said rod in the horizontal position.

2. The combination with a curtain rod having a main straight portion, anangularly directed end portion, and an enlarged ball xed on the y freeend of said angularly dir'ected end portion, of a supporting bracket forone end of said rod including an angular plate having a verticalattaching portion and a vertical portion extending at a right angle toand forwardly from said attaching portion, and a vertical cylindricalmember rigid with said forwardly extending bracket portion and having avertical slot opening through the top thereof but terminating above thebottom of the same, said slot being on a plane parallel to the saidvertical attaching portion of the bracket, said ball being itted in saidcylindrical member' for universal movement therein, said rod extendingthrough and being movable in said slot to permit vertical swingingmovement of said rod about the longitudinal axis of said angularlydirected end portion and relative to said bracket from a horizontalcurtain supporting position to a depending substantially verticalposition when the other end of said rod is unsupported, and a furthersupporting bracket adapted to removably receive said other end of therod and cooperating with the iirst-named bracket for supporting said rodin the horizontal position, said angularly directed end portion of therod resting on the bottom Wall of said vertical slot.

3. The combination with a curtain rod having a main straight portion, anangularly directed end portion, and an enlarged ball xed on the.-

free end of said angularly directed end portion, of a supporting bracketfor one end of said rod including an angular plate having a verticalattaching portion and a vertical portion extending at a right angle toand forwardly from said attaching portion, and a vertical cylindricalmember rigid with said forwardly extending bracket portion and having avertical slot in one side thereof and opening through the top of thesame but terminating above the bottom of the same, said slot being on aplane perpendicular to the said vertical attaching portion of thebracket, said ball being tted in said cylindrical member for universalmovement therein, said rod extending through and being movable in saidslot to permit vertical swinging movement of said rod relative to saidbracket from a horizontal curtain supporting position to a dependingsubstantially vertical position when the other end of said rod isunsupported, and a further supporting bracket adapted to removablyreceive said other end of the rod and cooperating with the Erst-namedbracket for supporting said rod in the horizontal position, saidangularly dirested end portion of the rod being vertically movabledownwardly into said slot when the rod is swung to the dependingposition and being vertically movable upwardIy out of said slot and to avertical position Within said cylindrical member when the rod is swungto the horizontal position.

BRUNO E. SLIWA.

